Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 13:59:48 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: korvus@tasam.com (Korvus [PINE]) Cc: malaclypse@diogenes.ionet.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Virtual consoles (ttyv) Message-ID: <199907021759.NAA23889@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907021020260.14348-100000@tasam.com> from "Korvus [PINE]" at "Jul 2, 99 10:24:34 am"
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Korvus [PINE] wrote, > Edit /etc/ttys to include lines for the new terminals (you can go 0-9 > (F1-F10) I believe) -- just duplicate the existing ones with different > names, then go into /dev and run mknod for the new terminals. The format > is: > mknod ttyv[x] c 12 [x] > > so to make /dev/ttyv4, type: > mknod ttyv4 c 12 4 > > After you do this, reboot (there may be a better way -- someone educate me > if there is) and when your system comes up the new terminals should be > usable. As root, # kill -HUP 1 That is, send a hangup signal (HUP) to the init process (which is _always_ PID 1). This causes init to re-read the /etc/ttys file. This eleminates the need to reboot. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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